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Chef’s first to forsake moreish ingredient (8)

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additive

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'ingredient' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for additive that I've seen before include "Something put into food" , "Eg, a colorant or preservative in foods" , "Substance put into food" , "Produced by summing" , "ingredient" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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